-Clarkey

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Ive found a WRX but its a GL on the logbook and obvisoly the insurance is void if you crash, however if i tell them it has a non standard engine in and insure it as a GL that way is that ok?

GMballistic

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If it's definately a GL just with a WRX engine in then contact the insurance company....get them to do a registration check for you...if it still comes back as a GL then you would probably have to contact the DVLA to get them to check if any changes/notifications have been told to them. Personally I'd walk away, get a WRX instead. Even with the WRX engine in the GL it's still not a WRX...have they uprated or changed brakes, suspension etc to suit? doubt it. Goodluck with that.

-Clarkey

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Yea they have changed it all but the registration still comes up as a GL and it has a sunroof which WRX didnt have, i think.

bodgeit

walk away! it will always be a GL wotever engine you put in.But now it is a GL with a WRX engine,betcha insurance is gonna be pleased about that little mod.

GMballistic

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I have seen a sunroof on a WRX before but it is rare as I've only seen the one . If the registration comes up as GL then I'd ring the DVLA on Monday just to check with them what they think you need to do(might need examining & new log book). If you insure that as a GL (with normal bhp level)then your only asking for trouble especially if the worst happens for whatever reason and they find out it has a turboed engine with almost double (if not more) the amount of horsepower the standard GL has.
I think if you wanted to insure it legally you would have to tell them that it's a GL with a modified engine. Some companies will be fine with this and just want to know all the engine specifics before insuring you and probably charge you a lot more whereas others will flat refuse to insure you. Goodluck Clarkey

TonyBurns

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Some were registered as GL's, most were WRX's incorrectly registered, check the chassis number to see what car it is

Tony

PS you can get wrx's with sunroofs same as uk turbo's with sun roofs

Black-Hawk

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Alot of grey import impreza turbo's that have come to the uk via irland are on the log book as gl's and same with the evo's, dont ask me how i know this, i just do

GMballistic

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Well I never knew that, very interesting

clark822

Was'nt it away around the old import limit ? Wrx limits where met so some became gl ?

GMballistic

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That's such a typically pikey thing to do

dj219957

my last 95 wrx had a sunroof. it was an import. a lot of imports are registered as gl. my 93 wrx is registered as impreza r. i have insured it as a wrx though.
post up the model code on the vin plate? that will tell you if its a wrx or a gl.
if it is a wrx....do the right thing.

Proby521

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Yeah, 10 years ago when i had my 93 WRX, the log book stated 'GL'. I still insured it as a WRX. You would be stupid to insure a WRX as a GL just because thats whats on the log book. People do it, and thats up to them, but you may as well drive without insurance (which I would not recommend!) If you have a crash the poop will hit the turbine.

Timwinner

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Bare in mind that you are not insured. at all.... If you get pulled by an officer in the know or as part of a car opp then you could well have your car crushed.

timmy2take

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I think you'd still be insured regardless, the main thing in my eyes is a GL isn't going to be anywhere near as much as a WRX or other model would be worth, so you crash and claim etc. you'll get £1000 instead of £3000.

BLACK V5

No you crash, the insurance company look at the car. See its a wrx not a GL and you get nothing.

DaveD

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As already stated, it's probably a WRX that has been incorrectly registered by the DVLA as a GL.

Same happened when I imported my 93 WRX - logbook came back stating that it was a GL. However, it has always been insured as a WRX and I had the logbook changed when I moved house (included a brief covering letter when I returned the V5).

Only certain way to know is to check the model code on the VIN plate. There are probably still loads of WRXs registered as GLs in this country - hopefully they're all insured as WRXs though?!?

GlesgaKiss

Yip, as others have said. You give the insurance companies any wrong information and you are not insured. Simple as that. Although I'm not saying I've never not declared a few mods...

TonyBurns

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No thats not true, you will get 6 points for not being insured!

Tony

Simon 69

You have their certificate, they indemnify you, no matter what theyd have you believe. Whether they then sue you for their losses is another matter.

If they use the registered number then itll come up as a GL, if thats how it was registered (as many were: you have to be very careful when you complete the forms and then take it up with the VRO if it comes back incorrectly described: most importers dont bother). If youre dealing with a callcentre then you may well struggle to get someone to accept what youre saying (as you explain), let alone understand your explanation, so youll need to confirm everything in writing. Youll be better off with a broker who understands...

clark822

not saying that its right just that i read that certain companys did it to get around the limits if it was me i would run as fast as i can from it loads of wrx's about get one that you know is what it is what else is not as it should ?

+Doc+

They are registered as GL because at the time there was no other classification.
Insure it for what it is a WRX.

Simon 69

Prodrive did it in the early nineties with half a dozen early WRXs, because WRXs werent type approved and they had no alternative then. Cars imported since the removal of model quotas (virtually all of them, if not all of them) are registered like this because the registree didnt fill in the form correctly, or because a clerical error was made by the VRO/DVLA.

HTH

v2_rob

my 93 wrx has a sunroof!

Ginge !

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ask a insurance company and they will tell you on imports they dont go by DVLA reg system but what you tell them the car is due to alot of imprezas registered as,,,,, well anything from gl's to STI's registered as WRX and some as subaru impreza turbos

speak to your insurance,,,, its not uncomon infact quite the opposite

nickwrxstiV2

My MY96 Sti (GL) had a bump and it was inspected by the insurers. They fixed it no problems!!!! Nothing at all said!

-Clarkey

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Subaru : Impreza WRX STI 300+bhp (GL on logbook) i was looking to buy something like this, but insuring it as a GL with a non standard engine, would that be llegal?

N_Scooby

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Insure it for what it is. No savings to be made by lying. Main question to ask would be how it is making 300bhp+ when it left the factory with 240bhp. Maybe another 'add a dumpvalve, that gives it at least 60bhp' type of seller, or maybe it has more going on under the bonnet than he is listing. I'd also check to see if it is an STI, rather than a WRX with extras. A 1993 WRX probably isn't worth 3K in todays market. Seen 1999 cars that are well modded selling for that.

cookie79

my wagon comes back as a subaru 2.0 estate on the log book not impreza or even a gl but all the jap paper work says its a wrx all numbers match what the paper work says i was worried at first but there's alot more out there sayin thay are gl's just contact dvla an thay should change it to wrx

ScatRat

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pm me the number plate

jj